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2016 Postmortem

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4. Really, I don't think your predictive/strategic skills are too good.

Tue Jun 7, 2016, 12:06 AM

Jun 2016

I feel you tend to lose sight of the distinction between predictions and preferences and often let your preconceptions bias your analysis.

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If it is Clinton V. Trump, she can only win if she doesn't tack to the right. [View all] Ken Burch Jun 2016 OP

Of course people to the right of the party will vote for her. YouDig Jun 2016 #1

do you go anywhere else on the internet besides DU? Hiraeth Jun 2016 #7

She is not going to tack to the right. upaloopa Jun 2016 #3

I'd be glad to be surprised by that. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #6

She has to go left with trade and wars yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #12

Really, I don't think your predictive/strategic skills are too good. anigbrowl Jun 2016 #4

2000 proves that tacking right causes defeat. n/t. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #5

The 15% in the middle determines presidential elections. Trust Buster Jun 2016 #8

You win the middle by looking like a leader Ken Burch Jun 2016 #9

Expect posts like this to be disappeared soon. TransitJohn Jun 2016 #10

And therein lies her dilemma AgingAmerican Jun 2016 #11